East Fremantle
"With skipper Graham Melrose playing probably the best football of his life to secure not only the Sandover Medal but virtually every media award going, East Fremantle at long last returned to the winners’ list in 1974. In what, even for the era, was an extraordinarily closely contested season, East Fremantle finished the home and away rounds in pole position half a game clear of Perth (and, indeed, just six and a half games ahead of wooden spooners West Perth). Once the finals arrived, however, East Fremantle became pre-eminently, as the cliché has it, “a team on a mission” ... "
- John Devaney reports on the must successful club side in WA football, the mighty Sharks of East Fremantle
1948 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1948 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-04-24 1 | H | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 10.4 | 14.5 | 17.11 | 113 | WON | East Perth | 5.3 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 105 | 8 | FRE | 1948-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-05-01 2 | H | East Fremantle | 6.2 | 12.9 | 19.16 | 27.22 | 184 | WON | Claremont | 4.1 | 11.4 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 119 | 65 | FRE | 1948-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-05-08 3 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 5.10 | 6.15 | 11.17 | 83 | LOST | Perth | 3.2 | 8.6 | 11.10 | 19.13 | 127 | -44 | WAC | 1948-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-05-15 4 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 10.13 | 73 | LOST | South Fremantle | 6.3 | 14.4 | 17.8 | 21.10 | 136 | -63 | FRE | 1948-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-05-22 5 | A | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | Swan Districts | 4.2 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 75 | -3 | BAS | 1948-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-05-29 6 | A | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 14.12 | 96 | LOST | West Perth | 4.2 | 7.7 | 12.11 | 17.12 | 114 | -18 | LEE | 1948-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-06-05 7 | H | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 7.11 | 9.17 | 15.21 | 111 | WON | Subiaco | 3.3 | 4.5 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 87 | 24 | FRE | 1948-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-06-12 8 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 19.14 | 128 | WON | East Perth | 5.3 | 7.4 | 13.10 | 16.13 | 109 | 19 | POV | 1948-06-12 Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-06-19 9 | A | East Fremantle | 2.5 | 4.14 | 10.17 | 15.22 | 112 | WON | Claremont | 4.3 | 5.4 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 80 | 32 | CLM | 1948-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-06-26 10 | H | East Fremantle | 7.2 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 87 | WON | Perth | 4.4 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 11.12 | 78 | 9 | FRE | 1948-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-07-03 11 | H | East Fremantle | 0.10 | 0.13 | 7.17 | 7.18 | 60 | LOST | South Fremantle | 0.0 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 14.9 | 93 | -33 | FRE | 1948-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-07-10 12 | H | East Fremantle | 2.5 | 6.11 | 12.13 | 17.15 | 117 | WON | Swan Districts | 3.2 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 75 | 42 | FRE | 1948-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-07-17 13 | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 5.10 | 5.13 | 8.15 | 63 | LOST | West Perth | 6.2 | 8.3 | 12.8 | 14.14 | 98 | -35 | SUB | 1948-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-07-24 14 | A | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 11.9 | 17.11 | 23.16 | 154 | WON | Subiaco | 6.2 | 6.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 68 | 86 | SUB | 1948-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-08-14 15 | H | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 9.9 | 12.12 | 20.15 | 135 | WON | Claremont | 3.6 | 7.7 | 8.11 | 8.15 | 63 | 72 | FRE | 1948-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-08-21 16 | H | East Fremantle | 3.7 | 5.12 | 5.15 | 8.20 | 68 | LOST | South Fremantle | 2.6 | 4.11 | 7.16 | 8.21 | 69 | -1 | FRE | 1948-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-08-28 17 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 6.6 | 9.13 | 12.14 | 86 | WON | Perth | 1.3 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 12.11 | 83 | 3 | WAC | 1948-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-09-04 18 | A | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 8.7 | 9.12 | 15.16 | 106 | WON | Swan Districts | 4.6 | 8.10 | 12.18 | 12.19 | 91 | 15 | BAS | 1948-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-09-11 19 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 8.9 | 14.15 | 17.20 | 122 | WON | West Perth | 5.2 | 7.3 | 10.7 | 14.10 | 94 | 28 | FRE | 1948-09-11 Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-09-18 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 4.7 | 6.15 | 7.28 | 70 | WON | Perth | 2.7 | 4.9 | 5.10 | 6.12 | 48 | 22 | SUB | 1948-09-18 Sep 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1948-10-02 PF | H | East Fremantle | 0.3 | 5.8 | 8.12 | 8.18 | 66 | LOST | West Perth | 2.5 | 6.5 | 11.14 | 12.17 | 89 | -23 | SUB | 1948-10-02 Oct 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |